1. (a) Except as provided in § 14-105 of this subtitle, any person aggrieved by any action of the Department may apply to the circuit court of the county in which the person resides or the well is located for review of its decision. Any other interested party may intervene. The Department may become a party to the appeal. The case shall be docketed at once but may not take precedence over any other civil cause, action, or proceeding on the docket. The court shall hear the proceedings de novo, determine all matters of law and fact without a jury, and render its decision approving, setting aside, or modifying the Department's action.
2. (b) Any party aggrieved by the final decision of the court may appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.

Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 4, § 1. Amended by Acts 1976, c. 472, § 30; Acts 1988, c. 777. Renumbered from Natural Resources § 6-111 by Acts 1995, c. 488, § 2, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 1995, c. 488, § 16, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6.

Formerly Art. 66C, § 684.